[USN-3800-1] audiofile vulnerabilities

[Leonidas S. Barbosa]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3800-1
October 24, 2018

audiofile vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in audiofile.

Software Description:
- audiofile: Open-source version of the SGI audiofile library

Details:

It was discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-13440)

It was discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to  execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-17095)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  audiofile-tools                 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3
  libaudiofile1                   0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3800-1
  CVE-2018-13440, CVE-2018-17095

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audiofile/0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3
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